The University of Puget Sound library was evacuated today after a small fire that seems to have been started by a heating and air conditioning fan in a mechanical room, said Tacoma fire spokesman Joe Meinecke.
The University of Puget Sound library was evacuated today after a small fire that seems to have been started by a heating and air conditioning fan in a mechanical room, said Tacoma fire spokesman Joe Meinecke.
No one was injured in the fire that started about 1:30 p.m.
State Route 410 has been shut down at 166th in Sumner after a gas line break at SR 410 and Main Street in Bonney Lake, according to Bonney Lake police. A local daycare has been evacuated to the Bonney Lake Library, the department said.
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"This is Murray Morgan." With that self-introduction and after a poignant pause, the Tacoma-born historian and journalist begins a description of a horrific scene — the immediate aftermath of a crash of an Air Force transport that happened 60 years ago last week.
Arne Handeland – University Place resident, teacher and now published historian – sees a parallel between two projects more than a century apart that shaped the birth and future of his community.
It’s a Friday afternoon in a classroom at Tacoma’s Sherman Elementary, and Anna Rowley’s third-graders are making a bit of a mess. But that’s totally OK – in fact, that’s the idea – because they’re making art, and not just any art. They’re halfway through a residency taught by renowned Tacoma clay artist Yuki Nakamura, and they’re learning about glazes in preparation for creating temporary and permanent art installations.
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